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Because <content> can have fallback tree, its content should not be metadata content. I guess it is flow content and palpable content as <div> is: http://dev.w3.org/html5/spec/Overview.html#the-div-element
http://dvcs.w3.org/hg/webcomponents/rev/2040d9668e57